University of Iowa Television (UITV) will broadcast a tape of the UI College
of Public Health's 2003 Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Binge Drinking
at Iowa: Past, Present and Future," at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16.

The lecture, by Peter E. Nathan, Ph.D., UI professor of community and behavioral
health and UI Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology, was delivered
last Aug. 26 on the UI campus. Nathan detailed how binge drinking by U.S.
undergraduates has achieved epidemic proportions. He reviewed national and
Iowa data on binge drinking, looked at its impact on behavior, speculated
on why binge drinking at the UI is so prevalent and suggested how it might
be brought under better control.

UITV broadcasts on channel 17 on the Mediacom cable television system in
Iowa City and on channel 4 on the campus cable/dormitory system. UITV also
is available in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities. Programs include
foreign language news broadcasts from some 30 countries and a variety of
programming produced by members of the UI community. For more information
on UITV, visit its web site at www.its.uiowa.edu/tns/videoservices/uitv.htm.

After the Oct. 16 broadcast, a videotape copy of the lecture will be available
from the UI College of Public Health Research Office. Contact Kathy Hicklin
at 319-384-5491 for details.

STORY SOURCE: University of Iowa College of Public Health Office of Communications,
4257 Westlawn, Iowa City, Iowa 52242.